scitechcox - A_Mechanical

How do simple machines work? How can we multiply our force or our speed? What is a "mechanical advantage" and a "force-distance tradeoff"?

This chapter provides an introduction and case studies of tools and machines that are used in everyday life.


09/07 No School	09/08 Mousetrap	09/09 Leverage	09/10 Laws of Balance	09/11 Laws of Balance
09/14 Lever_Arm	09/15 Mech_Adv	09/16 Mech_Adv	09/17 Rotation	09/18 Wedge
09/21 Rube_Goldberg	09/22 More_Rotation	09/23 Rube_Goldberg	09/24 Laptop_101	09/25 Laptop_101 Rube_Goldberg
09/28 No School	09/29 Laptop_101	09/30 Laptop_101	10/01 6Simple_Mach	10/02 Pyramids
10/05 Catch-Up RGD	10/06 Pulleys New Quizzes	10/07 Review_Game	10/08 Review_Game	10/09 A_ME_Test